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LA15 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 845 road traffic collisions in the LA15 postcode district, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,127 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 173 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
845
2,265th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,127
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
20 people killed
Serious collisions
173
206 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for LA15

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal151.8%
  • Serious17320%
  • Slight65778%

What the data shows

  • LA15 had 98 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 127 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in LA15 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 195 children under 16 were killed or injured in LA15, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in LA15.

Where LA15 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,265th
Most casualties
2,273rd
Most fatal collisions
2,285th
Most serious collisions
2,299th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday124 (15%)
  • Tuesday131 (16%)
  • Wednesday105 (12%)
  • Thursday134 (16%)
  • Friday137 (16%)
  • Saturday108 (13%)
  • Sunday106 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight647 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit130 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting61 (7.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway789 (93%)
  • Roundabout39 (4.6%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph45 (5.3%)
  • 30 mph459 (54%)
  • 40 mph38 (4.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph276 (33%)
  • 70 mph26 (3.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds659 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds128 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Other8 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded15 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant602 (53%)
  • Pedestrian180 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist178 (16%)
  • Cyclist101 (9%)
  • Van occupant18 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LA15 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LA15, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LA15 peaked at 37 in 1980; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202437
2023810
202277
202144
20201014
2019913
20181619
20171318
20162127
20151419
20141622
201356
201256
2011812
20101118
20091524
20081522
20072226
20061627
20051926
20041622
20031923
20021831
20011520
20001525
19991621
19982635
19971013
19962630
19951618
19942735
19933135
19922538
19913243
19902439
19892225
19882228
19872023
19863141
19852840
19843133
19832638
19822531
19812438
19803746
19791921

Map of recent crashes in LA15

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LA15

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LA15

The 24 most recent collisions in LA15 happened between 28 June 2022 and 29 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LA15

The A590 has the most collisions in LA15, 284 of 845 (34%), followed by the A595 (65).

Collisions in LA15 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA590284401964
2ndA5956587015

Council area for LA15

LA15 is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LA15 accounts for 2.2% of them.

Town in LA15

Of the 845 collisions in LA15, 462 (55%) were in Dalton-in-Furness.